Page 25 of Teaching Cayden

Chapter 11

Cayden

It had been a week since I’d slept over at Addison’s, and things have been going well, I guess. We really haven’t talked much, but I’ve been busy with house stuff. I’m supposed to be meeting the girls from Omega Phi this afternoon to discuss the details of the Spring Formal. Dylan is going with me, but I doubt he’ll be much help. He’s dating one of the girls on the planning committee, and I know that the reason he volunteered was for the sole purpose of seeing her. He never was very bright.

“Hey, man!” Will caught my attention as I was walking toward the quad. The weather’s turned nice, and I’ve been studying out there a lot lately.

“S’up?” I nodded as I paused for a moment.

“Not much. A couple of us are just hangin’ out over here. Thought you might want to join.” He had a look on his face that said he was up to something, but I shrugged it off. I hadn’t been spending as much time as I used to with the guys, and I did miss it. Despite our differences, we did have fun together.

“Sure.” I hoisted my backpack higher and changed directions to head to where he was standing. When I got closer I could see Josh and Dylan sitting on the grass with their legs stretched out in front of them. They were laughing at something, but stopped when my shadow loomed over them.

“Have a seat.” Will nodded to a grassy patch. “We’re scoring the ladies on the steps over there. I called dibs on the one on the right.” He chuckled as he tipped his chin down and glanced over the top of his sunglasses. “See any you like?”

My stomach knotted as I thought about Addison. I felt like I was doing something wrong. Who rates girls when they’re kinda dating someone? Me I guess because before I could tell my mouth to stop, the words ‘the one in the green top’ came tumbling out.

“I think I know her. I could get you an intro.” Dylan smirked.

“Yeah. Get him an intro,” Josh chided. “He needs to get laid more often. It’ll loosen him up.”

“I’m plenty loose.” I elbowed him in the side. “Just because I don’t stick my dick in everything in a short skirt does not mean that I’m uptight.”

“Sure.” They all laughed as Dylan started to get up.

“I’m on it, man. Give me five.” He started to jog off toward the girl I’d pointed out, and before I knew it he was talking to her.

“Fuck,” I muttered as I bent my knees and crossed my arms on top of them. I let my head drop as Josh and Will erupted into laughter.

A few minutes later I heard an ‘umpf’ as Dylan dropped back down on the grass, “Sorry, no dice. She said she doesn’t date pussies.”

“I am not a pussy.” I don’t know why I let these yo-yos get me in these situations, but every time I walk right into them.

“Prove it!” Will crossed his arms over his chest. “I dare you right now to take off everything but your boxers and sit here on the quad for ten minutes.”

“You’re on,” I challenged back. “You idiots have to stay with me though.”

“Nope. We’ll watch from over there. It’s warm now. Your junk won’t shrink. Maybe you can impress her with your what is it? Six inches?” Will volleyed back as the others barked with laughter.

“Real mature.” I rolled my eyes.

“What? You too chicken shit?” Will cocked his head to the side as his eyes stayed trained on the girls several feet away.

“Nah.” I shook my head. I reached behind my neck and yanked my shirt over my head before standing up. After toeing off my shoes, I reached for the buckle on my belt. I’d worn khakis today and when I released the clasp, the weight of the belt caused them to fall rather unceremoniously to my ankles. I kicked them to the side before lowering myself to the ground and offering a smile up to where Will, Dylan, and Josh were standing. “This work?” I motioned in front of me as I reached for my sunglasses. The sun was blinding today.

“I’ll start the timer.” Josh snickered as they started to step away.

“Hey ladies!” Dylan shouted as he cupped his hands around his mouth. “Our buddy Cayden just broke up with his girlfriend. He needs some attention.”

I couldn’t help but laugh at their antics. What they didn’t understand was I had a family that did this same kinda crap. I’d been watching my dad and uncle try to one up each other for years. Sitting out here in my black boxer briefs was not as embarrassing as they’d like it to be.

I don’t know how long I was out there, but the warm sun felt good on my skin, and when I laid back on the grass and closed my eyes, I must have dozed off waiting for them to tell me my time was up. When I did awake, the girl in the green shirt was standing over me.

“Your friends left about an hour ago,” she mused. “They took your clothes with them.”

“What?” I rocked forward and sat up. Sure enough when I looked around they were gone, and my clothes were too. The only thing they left was my backpack. “Fuckers.” I shook my head.

“I can give you ride if you want. My car is parked that way in the student lot. I’m Serena by the way.” She held out her hand and smiled. She was prettier up close now that I really got a chance to look at her, but it didn’t really matter. I had who I wanted, and no matter what the guys tried to pull, they weren’t going to ruin that for me.

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